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Leveling the Playing Field

Posted by on Jul 22, 2019 in Current Events
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The U.S. Women National Soccer Team is putting their success to use. Credit: Ingram Publishing

This week’s story update on the Election Central Web examines the continuing controversy around the unequal pay given to American athletes.

As you no doubt have already heard, earlier this month, the U.S. Women’s National Team won the FIFA Women’s World Cup. This victory was celebrated all over the country, and the athletes received a ticker-tape parade when they arrived back in New York from France. But behind the scenes, there was less to celebrate.

Back in March, the U.S. Women’s National Team–who has now won the Women’s World Cup title four times–filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Soccer, demanding to receive the same payment as the men’s teams.

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